Last Monday,
we went as a district to Koldinghus! It was pretty fun! It's basically just an
old castle that was burned. However, it's not actually that significant... It
was really fun though! It's quite pretty. We took some fun pictures and got some
awesome pictures in some medieval clothing. (Sadly, I don't have access to that
as of now...) It was fun! We also went knocking that evening and talked to a
man named Finn! We had initially started the conversation with the Book of
Mormon, but then he let us inside and we taught the entire Restoration! He
seemed a little shy, but was very interested! He's also a visual designer. It
was really cool! We have another appointment set with him this weekend.
On Tuesday,
we had splits! It was with the Zone Leaders, so we didn't see anything too
different. I was with Ældste Preece! It was pretty fun! We knocked into a lady
who had heard of the Book of Mormon and was happy to "loan" one to
read for a week! It also snowed like crazy, so we got to bike up a crazy hill
in the snow! It was quite exciting, especially for a man who is recovering from
pneumonia. We found a couple other potential investigators.
Wednesday
then decided to roll around again. It was an interesting day, but not a ton
happened. We went knocking again. We got let into a couple kind of weird
people's houses... It's always a little awkward when people don't speak Danish
or English and still invite you inside. We talked to a guy from Eritrea (country
in Eastern Africa), named Tesfay, in broken English. But he was way nice and
actually wanted us to come back. Then an old lady let us in but couldn't really
hold a conversation... So, we basically just prayed, talked at her, prayed
again, then left.
Thursday was
probably the most frustrating day, ever... We had a good morning of
contacting. Then we biked out to Knud Hansens Vej to do some knocking and stop
by's before a lesson. We stopped by Tristan (he was taught a couple times
before I got to Kolding). He began turning the doorknob and then looked through
the peephole. Then he quickly locked the door and walked away (quite loudly).
It was way weird! And then right after, we stopped by Nille who we haven't had
any contact with. She answered the door and didn't recognize us. But after we
explained who we were, she said that she saw the card we'd left the time we
stopped by (a couple weeks ago) and thought it was creepy so she didn't want to
meet. It was so sad! That was rough. Then we had a lesson with Tirtsa. We were
able to have Allan (our Ward Mission Leader) come along for it. Tirtsa
basically spent the hour avoiding our few questions and ranting to Allan about how
we're two brainwashed young men. It was super lame. She had quite a few weird
theories, but also some that were almost spot on. But when we tried to identify
them, she would disagree with us. Ældste Schaffer and I were just way confused
about what she actually believes in at this point. She isn't open to learning
and basically just lets the lesson bounce off of her. That was
pretty rough. Luckily, right after we knocked into a family that was
surprisingly excited that we were American Mormons. But they were eating
dinner, so we're going back later. Also, on Thursday
we were contacting on the gågade in the evening. Ældste Schaffer and I turned a
corner to see the Zone Leaders walking down from the other side of the street.
So ensued a snowball fight! It was hilarious! I'm sure the girl working in one
of the salons was pretty confused though. ;)
Friday was
about as different as it could be. We had district meeting which was about
emotional health. The Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders were in charge.
We talked about how to stay healthy and motivated. It was actually pretty
great! Then Christian came and we worked on some lyrics for a while. I
basically wrote half a verse as I walked into the room and that was all that
was finished. Once we got home, we knocked some more. Pretty basic day where we
'talked to' (or got lectured by) a Muslim about not being blind minded.
Sometimes I don't understand how people can have such a good perspective but
not follow it.
Saturday was
pretty good. We had Weekly Planning and then went knocking. We found an old guy
named Finn Clausen. He let us in and we taught him about the Book of Mormon.
I'm not totally sure how much he actually understood though. He then showed us
about 80 newspaper ads. It was pretty funny.
Sunday was
the day of miracles! it was basically just the best! First, Rosa came to
church! The Fonnesbecks drove her up from Kolding. They luckily explained what
the meeting would be like (Fast Sunday type). There were some great testimonies
that I thought would relate to her. She said she loved the "sibling"
feeling and how everyone was just happy. We asked a member, Marie Bornemann, to
kind of be her friend that day so she had a couple people to be with. The Vejle
Sisters then gave an awesome guest class lesson about the Holy Ghost! They also
filled us in that Rosa loved Relief Society!! She said she wanted to get more
involved with their activities and wanted to come back to church again!! It was
awesome! We didn't get to talk with her a ton afterwards though. But she really
liked it and talked about it with the Fonnesbecks the whole ride home! It was
just great to hear that it was good for her. After church, Bent told all of us
his conversion story. Shortened: He visited the US and met Mormons in
Yellowstone, Phoenix, and Vancouver (Canada) and was taught during his trip. He
was then baptized (the first baptism of that stake center) in Vancouver! Then
he was surprised coming home to a small Vejle branch that met in a little
apartment. It was an awesome story!
So for a
spiritual thought, I want to take it from Sunday. Bent Bisgaard's story was
completely based upon the Book of Mormon and the members. But he said that he
wouldn't have read or taken time to consider it if he hadn't seen the example
of those who live it. So just be careful. People know if you're a member.
People can tell if you really are a disciple of Christ. If they only watch you,
would that bring them closer to Him?
Congrats to
everyone who now get to decide what college to go to! ;) But also
congratulations for all the acceptance! I'd accept you too! :D Have a great
week!
--
Ældste
Bryant Jepsen
- Jumping on
the top of Koldinghus
- Costumes!- Here's Ældste Schaffer with the most stereotypical Danish apartment building wall
- Snow, Swings, Splits
- We made Homemade Pizza's one night. It was fun!
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